Romantic Gift Idea For Valentine's Day

Last year, my husband totally spoiled me for Valentine's Day. He knows how much I love the holiday. In fact, I'm very excited that it is only days away.

Take a look at the sweet and romantic week of love he put together for me.

You can check out the link below to see the full post I wrote and all of the ideas. Also, I have put a free printable for those cute cards in the post. You can print out those cute cards, buy the appropriate gifts and then have your very own week of love. 

Week of Love Valentine's Day Gift Idea

DIY tutorial: how to make a scarf from a t-shirt

Do you have some old t-shirt laying around, but you aren't sure what to do with them? Check out my video of how to make a diy scarf from an old shirt. This is such a simple thing to do, you can have new scarf in a few minutes.

How to Make a T-Shirt Scarf

Hope you enjoy this tutorial. Good luck on making your own scarf.

Simple Baby Shower Table Decoration

My sister had a baby last year, and I was tasked with decorating for it. I looked around and came up with this really cool display. 

How to Make a Simple Baby Shower Display

This project was a little out of character for me, because I actually bought the foam balls. Normally, I would only use what I have on hand. I just couldn't come up with an alternative to the foam balls. 

List of Supplies For Table Decoration:

It didn't take much to put this idea together. This is what I used to create my table decoration. 

-glass bowl

-white foam balls (different sizes)

-rubber duck

-light blue tissue paper

-shiny blue tissue paper

I stuffed some of the light blue tissue paper into the glass bowl. Then I put white foam balls in the bowl to look like bubbles. The rubber duck sits on the top. Under the bowl I put a piece of shiny blue tissue paper. 

I hope this works out for you and that you find what you need to make this simple decoration. 

Last Minute Christmas Gift Idea- Snowman Wrap

I had to come up with a thank you gift a few weeks ago for about 35 volunteers. It needed to be inexpensive and not take long to make. Here is what I came up with.

Snowman Face Wrapped Around Hot Chocolate

Most people love hot chocolate right? I decided to make the packaging look a bit more festive. You can see the pictures of how to make a snowman wrap around your snack of choice. This works well with packets of tea, bags of popcorn, or any thin package. 

I hope this idea helps you finish off your last minute Christmas shopping. 

Fall and Winter Fashion Idea

Not sure what to wear this fall? Here are some great ideas that will keep you styling. All of the outfits I put together came from the thrift store. I want to show people that you do not have to spend a lot of money to look nice.

What to Wear This Fall

Here are a few full body pictures of some fall outfits that I am wearing this year. A few aren't discussed in the video I'm showing you.

Winter Fashion and Fall Fashion

Of course life wouldn't be complete without the obligatory bathroom selfie. :D You know what I'm talking about. 

Hope you find some great things to wear this fall and winter as well. 

DIY Maleficent Costume

Last weekend I dressed up like Maleficent. There are some challenging things to putting this costume together. I think you can wear just about anything you like as long as you have the horns down.

How to Put Together A Maleficent Costume

You need an all black outfit. Look at the newest Maleficent movie to see what Angelina Jolie is wearing. That will give you great inspiration. 

I wore a long dress and had a black cape. I also made my own horns. It took some doing, but I successfully put them together. You can go HERE to read what I did to make my horns. 

How to Do The Makeup 

I'm not the best at doing makeup. I watched a video tutorial to help me out with my look. You need to have black eye shadow and red lipstick as the main two pieces of makeup. 

The tutorial said to use false eyelashes. I did not use those for my look. Instead, I applied several layers of mascara. 

Have fun this year. Hope you figure out how to make your own DIY Maleficent Halloween costume. 

What to Use Instead of a Headboard

I've not owned a headboard and foot board for my bed since the day I got married. It has kind of always bothered me that the wall seemed so bare behind my bed. A few years ago, I had an idea to hang curtains from the ceiling above my bed, intertwined with Christmas lights. Ever since then, I have been in love with my room. 

Here is how I did It

The first thing I did to accomplish this look was to hang a wooden dowel rod from my ceiling. We took small metal hooks and screwed them into the ceiling. Then we fed a dowel rod that was small enough through the hooks. After that, I measured the distance from the ceiling to a few inches beside my bed to know how long I needed the curtains to be. I owned white sheer curtains, but knew they would not be long enough. I ended up sewing four curtain pieces together. The middle seem hangs over the dowel rod, and the two other seems are sewn together where I have it tied back. 

Once I put the curtain over the dowel rod, I fed a string of Christmas lights over as well. One strand of 200 lights was enough to reach a plug nearby. I nestled the lights in the fabric and tied the lights and material together at the sides. Then I sewed on a small ring to the ties so that I could hold back the curtains. With just a small nail on each side of my bed, I was able to put the rings on these nails to hold them back. 

This project took me a few hours to accomplish, but it was well worth it. To check out some of my other DIY projects, check out Love Hope Adventure.